Oakwood Hospital Repairs, Rebuilds After 2014 Flooding Destroyed ER Services
DEARBORN (WWJ) - Oakwood Hospital's Emergency Department is reopening, seven months after flooding from the historic floods of August.
On August 2014 southeastern Michigan experienced torrential rains. The city of Dearborn was hit with six inches of rain in two hours - an all-time record.
Roughly 250,000 square feet of space within Oakwood Hospital was damaged. According to the hospital, the area hardest hit was the emergency department located in the basement of the hospital.
Governor Rick Snyder was on hand to cut the ribbon after seven months and $25 million was spent on recovery.
Oakwood notes in a release that they took the opportunity to upgrade and improve features within the hospital, including triage, trauma bays for treating patients with multiple injuries, dedicated radiology, and updated nursing stages to name a few.
"I'm extremely proud of everyone who played a role in the recovery and rebuild of our ER," said Kelly Smith, with Oakwood Hospital.
The reopening of the ER on Monday will restore the hospital back to its normal operations.
